Re: EdgeRouter Infinity as medium-sized "IXP Peering Router"?

[Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>]

- Josh

On Jul 3, 2017 7:23 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <josh () kyneticwifi com> wrote:

> Specs...
>
>
>    - MIPS64 16 Core 1.8 GHz
>    - 16 GB DDR4 RAM
>    - 8 MB NOR Flash 4 GB eMMC NAND Flash
>    - Data Ports: (1) RJ45 Serial Port, (8) SFP+ Ports (1) RJ45 Gigabit
>    Ethernet Port
>    - 2 hotswap power supplies
>
>
> No LACP. ECMP is currently broken. MPLS/VPLS is currently broken and not
> done in hardware - this may eventually change. As far as the other stuff,
> "telemetry" etc - no.
>
> As far as BGP crunching, plenty of routes, etc - it would easily and
> happily be fine with that.
>
> As far as automation, it's a JunOS-like CLI originally based on vyatta,
> which AT&T now owns - and one of the main reasons is it's scriptability,
> use of Ansible and other tools right on the device, python, etc.
>
> - Josh
>
> On Jul 3, 2017 2:09 PM, "Job Snijders" <job () instituut net> wrote:
>
> > Dear NANOG,
> >
> > Some friends of mine are operating a nonprofit (on shoe string) and
> > looking
> > to connect some CDN caches to an IX fabric. A BGP speaking device is
> > needed
> > between the caches and the BGP peers connected to the fabric. The BGP
> > speaker is needed to present the peers on the IX with a unified view of
> > the
> > assemblage of CDN nodes.
> >
> > I was wondering whether anyone was experience with the "EdgeRouter
> > Infinity
> > XG" device, specifically in the role of a simple peering router for a
> > couple of tens of thousands of routes. (I'd point default to the left and
> > take just the on-net routes on the right to reduce the table size
> > requirement).
> >
> > I hope the device can do at least 2xLACP trunks, has a sizable FIB, is
> > automatable (supports idempotency), can forward IMIX at line-rate, *flow,
> > and exposes some telemetry via SNMP.
> >
> > Any note sharing would be appreciated!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Job